OF2 should be called as oxygen difluoride and not flourine oxide?

In OF2 oxygen is electropositive as compared to fluorine. The name of electropositive element is written first followed by the name of electronegative element. So, OF2 should be called as oxygen difluoride.

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flourine oxide is a compound that contains O-F bond.... and oxygen diflouride (OF2) is a type of fourine oxide.......

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